Matthew 16:16

Good News Translation

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

Cross References

Psalm 2:7

“I will announce,” says the king, “what the Lord has declared. He said to me: ‘You are my son; today I have become your father.

Psalm 42:2

I thirst for you, the living God. When can I go and worship in your presence?

Daniel 6:26

I command that throughout my empire everyone should fear and respect Daniel's God. “He is a living God, and he will rule forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his power will never come to an end.

Matthew 14:33

Then the disciples in the boat worshiped Jesus. “Truly you are the Son of God!” they exclaimed.

Matthew 16:15

“What about you?” he asked them. “Who do you say I am?”

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus kept quiet. Again the High Priest spoke to him, “In the name of the living God I now put you under oath: tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

Matthew 27:54

When the army officer and the soldiers with him who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and everything else that happened, they were terrified and said, “He really was the Son of God!”

Matthew 4:3

Then the Devil came to him and said, “If you are God's Son, order these stones to turn into bread.”

Mark 14:61

But Jesus kept quiet and would not say a word. Again the High Priest questioned him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed God?”

Luke 2:11

This very day in David's town your Savior was born—Christ the Lord!

John 1:49

“Teacher,” answered Nathanael, “you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

John 11:27

“Yes, Lord!” she answered. “I do believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”

John 20:31

But these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through your faith in him you may have life.

John 6:57

The living Father sent me, and because of him I live also. In the same way whoever eats me will live because of me.

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.

John 6:69

And now we believe and know that you are the Holy One who has come from God.”

Acts 14:15

“Why are you doing this? We ourselves are only human beings like you! We are here to announce the Good News, to turn you away from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven, earth, sea, and all that is in them.

Acts 8:36

As they traveled down the road, they came to a place where there was some water, and the official said, “Here is some water. What is to keep me from being baptized?”

Acts 9:20

He went straight to the synagogues and began to preach that Jesus was the Son of God.

Romans 1:4

as to his divine holiness, he was shown with great power to be the Son of God by being raised from death.

2 Corinthians 1:19

For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was preached among you by Silas, Timothy, and myself, is not one who is “Yes” and “No.” On the contrary, he is God's “Yes”;

2 Corinthians 3:3

It is clear that Christ himself wrote this letter and sent it by us. It is written, not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, and not on stone tablets but on human hearts.

2 Corinthians 6:16

How can God's temple come to terms with pagan idols? For we are the temple of the living God! As God himself has said, “I will make my home with my people and live among them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”

Deuteronomy 5:26

Has any human being ever lived after hearing the living God speak from a fire?

1 Thessalonians 1:9

All those people speak about how you received us when we visited you, and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve the true and living God

1 Timothy 3:15

But if I delay, this letter will let you know how we should conduct ourselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

1 Timothy 4:10

We struggle and work hard, because we have placed our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all and especially of those who believe.

Hebrews 10:31

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

Hebrews 12:22

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, with its thousands of angels.

Hebrews 3:12

My friends, be careful that none of you have a heart so evil and unbelieving that you will turn away from the living God.

Hebrews 9:14

Since this is true, how much more is accomplished by the blood of Christ! Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will purify our consciences from useless rituals, so that we may serve the living God.

1 John 4:15

If we declare that Jesus is the Son of God, we live in union with God and God lives in union with us.

1 John 5:20

We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we know the true God. We live in union with the true God—in union with his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and this is eternal life.

1 John 5:5

Who can defeat the world? Only the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

Revelation 7:2

And I saw another angel coming up from the east with the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels to whom God had given the power to damage the earth and the sea.